Because this process only comes up every 10 years, we might as well take a bite out of the apple now that we have a chance to do it.

If we get a lot of comments from the meetings and surveys I think the staff and our board is going to listen. (The feedback) is really going to help us move forward to prepare a vision statement and come up with policies.

The bite got bigger on a smaller apple, and if you look at hospitals in other counties you'll see that privatization is the way they are being run,

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

We weighed in early on in the process. It is an important provision for the restaurant industry.